Ore Compression is King

I’ve had an Orca for a long time, but having not logged in for several years, I wasn’t aware of the ore compression system.  I’m in love.

Ore compression in space, in a fleet, is a godsend.  I was doing it the hard way.  I had an alt who flew a freighter and parked in the belt and picked up the cans the barges dropped, brough them back to the station, rinse and repeat.  Now, with ore compression, I turned that freighter pilot into another miner.  I started with the mining destroyer (Pioneer) but quickly trained to mining barge.  I am currently about a week away from exhumers.  Adding another barge to the fleet has made a huge difference in how long I spend in belts.  It’s also heavenly to work anomalies.

The Orca fits the Industrial Core module and the Ore Compression module.  Once in the belt or at an anomaly, you turn them on and anyone in the fleet within a certain range can compress their ore 100x.  So 100m3 of velspar becomes 1m3 of compressed veldspar.  The compression is lossless, so there is not a disadvantage to using it that I can see. 

It makes life a lot easier as far as logistics.  I’ve found that a belt in .5/.6 space takes up about 7.5k m3 compressed.  You can mine to your hearts content knowing that you really don’t have to return to a station for quite a while.  The Orca can hold about 185k m3 of ore IIRC.  If you run an Orca and don’t use compression, you are missing out.  If you are a solo miner, see if there is an Orca or Porpoise who is running a fleet by checking the fleet adverts.  Most miners, I believe, are happy to have someone join the fleet to take advantage of their services.  You might want to kick them a little ISK, but I never ask for it.

If you see me, Vexed Nova, flying in my Orca, hit me up or check to see if I am fleet adverting. 

As always, fly safe.